Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

    Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.

    a quantity sufficient to satisfy

  2. (countable, uncountable)An amount that fills a container.

    The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.

    Füllung

    any material that fills a space or container

  3. (countable, uncountable)The filling of a container or area.

    That machine can do 20 fills per minute.

    This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.

    Füllung

  4. (countable, uncountable)Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

    The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.

    Füllmaterial

  5. (countable, uncountable)Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

  6. (countable, uncountable)An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

    bass fill

  8. (countable, uncountable)The weft yarn.

  9. (countable, uncountable)The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.

  10. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

Examples

1487 sentences
  1. Please fill out this form first.

    Будь ласка, спочатку заповніть цю форму. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, заполните сначала этот бланк. — Balamax

    deBitte füllen Sie zuerst dieses Formular aus. — Manfredo

  2. The room was filled with people.

    Кімната була заповнена людьми. — Anjy

    ruКомната была полна народу. — marafon

    deDer Raum war voller Menschen. — Tamy

  3. The bottle is filled with water.

    Пляшка повна води. — aandrusiak

    ruБутылка полна воды. — benutzer

    deDie Flasche ist voll Wasser. — benutzer

  4. He filled the glass with wine.

    Він наповнив бокал вином. — deniko

    ruОн наполнил бокал вином. — Maksimo

    deEr füllte das Glas mit Wein. — Manfredo

  5. He filled the bottle with water.

    Він наповнив пляшку водою. — Ahha

    ruОн наполнил бутылку водой. — pandabear

    deEr füllte die Flasche mit Wasser. — Sudajaengi

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
amount that fills a container:
something used to occupy empty spaces:

Origin

From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄ (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.

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Forms

plural: fills
Singularfill
Pluralfills

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any material that fills a space or container:filling

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • fill out this
  • fill out the
  • was filled with
  • to fill out
  • fill the bucket
  • filled up the
  • filled the bathtub
  • please fill
  • please fill out
  • filled with sorrow
  • heart was filled
  • filled the bottle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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